Improvement in combined blade-case and attaching-pin



W. L. BOWSER. COMBINED BLADE @ASD AND ATTAGHING PIN.

No. 864,637. Patented'Feb. 9, 1869.

, a shawl or other pin, having combined therewith a case @anni (time.

WLL. 'Bowen-R, or MONCTON, NEW BRUNSW'IGK Letters Patent No. 86,637

dated Febmamy 9, 1869.

MROVEIEENT IN COMBINED BLADE-CASE AND ATTACEINGPIN.

l'hvschadule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame. #Job- To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, L. BOWSER, of Moncton, New Brunswick, have invented aCombined Pin and Blade- Oase; and l'. do hereby declare that thefollowing, taken in connection withfthe drawings which accompany andform part of this specification, is a description of my inventionsuiicient to enable those skilled in' the art to practise it.

`The invention has refcrenceto the construction of or pocket, forcontaining a car-ticket holderand' tooth-- pick, or similar devices,whichelose within or open from the pocket, not unlike the blales of aknife.

The 'drawingsrepresent a pin embodying my invention'. i

A snows a front view of the device, with the bladelike parts closedbetween the plates;

B, a similar view, showing the bladesextended.

C is a rear view.

D, a section on line :u w.

` a denotes a spring-pin, fixed at one end tovone endr of 'a plate, l),the point c, of the pin, being held in position and covered bya shield,d, when the pin is in use as a means of attachment.

To the plate b is fastened another and parallel plate, e, one or bothplates being shouldered at the opposite ends, so as to' leave apocket-space, f, between, as seen at D.

' The two plates b e are riveted or fastened together,

at one end, by the shank g of the pin a, which passes through bothplates, and at the other end by a rivet,

W'ithin this pocket -lie two blades, i k, pivoted, respectively, attheopposite ends of the plates b e, and between said plates, on the'pins g h, the end of each blade projecting beyond the plates, to form ahandle, l,by which to turn the blades in and out from the pocket.

One of these blades is preferably formed as a ticketholder, by stampingont a tongue m, under and by which a ticket or .other card may beclamped, when the plateiis pinned upon the breast of a coat, or otherpart of thew clothing, to hold the ticket in exposed position.

The other blade may be a tooth-pick, knife-blade, or other. device.

The shoulder or shoulders may beformed upon each plate, by using a plateof the requisite thickness, and striking down the thin part.

I claim, as a. new article 'of manufacture, a shawl or similar pin,having combined with it plates, with a space between them, which spaceforms a pocket for receiving blades, (one of which may be aticket-holder, and another a toothpick,) substantially as described.

W. L. BOWSER. Witnesses: A 4

J. B. CROSBY, FRANCIS GoULp.

